Equipment for discharging treated articles from a barrel in a surface treatment system
AssigneeTowa Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Iwanaga
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Abstract
An equipment for discharging treated articles from a barrel in a surface treatment system includes: a carriage movable between a discharging position and a charging position; a water tank supported at the discharging position for vertical movements; and a receiver set at the discharging position above the water tank. The carriage device includes a rotating mechanism for rotating the barrel in water in the tank at the discharging position to discharge the articles from the barrel onto the receiver; a cover operating mechanism for removing a cover from an aperture of the barrel at the discharging position and put it on the aperture at the charging position.
Claims6
An equipment for discharging articles from a barrel in a surface treatment system, comprising:
- a carriage device supported for reciprocal movement in a horizontal direction between a first horizontal position where said articles are discharged from said barrel and a second horizontal position where new articles are charged in said barrel, said carriage device including a rotating mechanism for engagement with said barrel to rotate said barrel and a cover operating mechanism for engagement with a cover of an aperture of said barrel;
- a fluid tank supported at said first horizontal position for vertical movement between a first vertical position and a second vertical position which is lower than said first vertical position;
- and a receiver removably supported at said first horizontal position at a third vertical position where said receiver enters in said fluid tank when said fluid tank is moved to said first vertical position;
- wherein said rotating mechanism rotates said barrel at a fourth vertical position where said barrel is above said receiver and substantially fully enters in said fluid tank when said fluid tank is moved to said first vertical position;
- wherein said cover includes first means for releasable engagement with said barrel with a resilient force to shut said aperture, and includes second means for engagement with said cover operating mechanism;
- and wherein said cover operating mechanism includes:
- third means for releasable engagement with said first means of said cover for releasing said cover from said barrel against said resilient force, fourth means for releasable engagement with said second means of said cover when said third means engages with said first means, and driving means for bringing said third means and said fourth means into engagement with said first means and said second means when said carriage is located at said first horizontal position.
An apparatus for discharging articles from a barrel in a surface treatment system, comprising:
- a carriage device supported for reciprocal movement in a horizontal direction between a first horizontal position where said articles are discharged from said barrel and a second horizontal position where new articles are introduced into said barrel, said carriage device including a rotating mechanism for engagement with said barrel to rotate said barrel and a cover operating mechanism for engagement with a cover of an aperture of said barrel;
- a fluid tank supported at said first horizontal position for vertical movement between a first vertical position and a second vertical position which is lower than said first vertical position;
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- a receiver removably supported at said first horizontal position at a third vertical position where said receiver enters in said fluid tank when said fluid tank is moved to said first vertical position;
- wherein said rotating mechanism rotates said barrel at a fourth vertical position where said barrel is above said receiver and substantially fully enters in said fluid tank when said fluid tank is moved to said first vertical position.
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